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PIMS Network-Wide Colloquium
Thu., Feb. 29, 2024 3:30 p.m.
Location: By Zoom
Speaker: Sarah Koch (university of Michigan )
Title: Complex dynamics: the real story
Registration in advance and details at: https://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/240229-pnwcsk
Abstract:
We will introduce the research area of complex dynamics by studying the family of (complex) quadratic polynomials, z → z2+c. Historically, mathematicians first studied the dynamics of real quadratic polynomials and then moved to the complex realm. Recently, there has been a resurgence of mathematical activity surrounding real quadratic polynomials. We will explore some well known features and some rather new features of real polynomials in contrast with those enjoyed by their complex counterparts.
